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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
A grim, moving and powerful novel – definitely worth a read.
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Livro incrível! A mulher sendo reduzida apenas à sua capacidade de gerar ou não filhos, e quando os concebe é a responsável, em grande parte, pela sua educação e formação. ''Estava ficando farta daquele comportamento de dois pesos, duas medidas. Quando as crianças se comportavam, pertenciam ao pai; quando não, eram da mãe.'' E o que falar sobre o final desse livro??? É de partir o coração que, após anos de devoção e cuidado, Nnu Ego tenha tido um final tão triste. Indico para todas as pessoas que romantizam a maternidade. ''Os homens nos fazem acreditar que precisamos desejar filhos ou morrer. Foi por isso que quando perdi meu primeiro filho eu quis a morte, porque não fora capaz de corresponder ao modelo esperado de mim pelos homens da minha vida, meu pai e meu marido, e agora tenho que incluir também meus filhos. Mas quem foi que escreveu a lei que nos proíbe de investir nossas esperanças em nossas filhas? Nós, mulheres, corroboramos essa lei mais que ninguém. Enquanto não mudarmos isso, este mundo continuará sendo um mundo de homens, mundo esse que as mulheres sempre ajudarão a construir.''
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“I don’t know how to be anything else but a mother”
“God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage?”
Spent the entire time reflecting on how much society has progressed and also how much has remained the same
“God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage?”
Spent the entire time reflecting on how much society has progressed and also how much has remained the same
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, War
Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
An excellently written story, this novel tells the life story of Nnu Ego, a woman who lives her whole life in servitude to the men in her life, her father, her husband even down to her sons, and her zeal to make something out of her children with hopes that they'll be able to cater for her in her old age. All her struggles leaves her with nothing but weariness, pain and despair.
Because at the end, I can't even say she enjoyed the fruit of her labour.
This book describes the overwhelming demands placed on women. The pressures placed on wives to have sons, as daughters were seen as nothing more than commodities and were only valuable for their bride price.
Buchi Emecheta explores the misery and difficulty women, most especially poor women, face in a patriarchal society, and in a polygamous culture. Moving through rural to urban colonial Nigeria, this novel delves deep into the igbo culture, set in the 1930s/40s.
There is a remarkable relationship as well as conflict between the old and the new, that is, the traditional and the foreign. The role played by world war II in Nigeria, is also established as Nnu Ego's husband is sent off to war in order to fight for the British who apparently "owns them".
I would say this book was exceptional and powerful. The first book ever written by the author that I've read and it'll definitely not be my last.
Because at the end, I can't even say she enjoyed the fruit of her labour.
This book describes the overwhelming demands placed on women. The pressures placed on wives to have sons, as daughters were seen as nothing more than commodities and were only valuable for their bride price.
Buchi Emecheta explores the misery and difficulty women, most especially poor women, face in a patriarchal society, and in a polygamous culture. Moving through rural to urban colonial Nigeria, this novel delves deep into the igbo culture, set in the 1930s/40s.
There is a remarkable relationship as well as conflict between the old and the new, that is, the traditional and the foreign. The role played by world war II in Nigeria, is also established as Nnu Ego's husband is sent off to war in order to fight for the British who apparently "owns them".
I would say this book was exceptional and powerful. The first book ever written by the author that I've read and it'll definitely not be my last.